Question about international redirectss
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if I have a site like google.com for United States and another International site, www.google.ca for a site in Canada. Should I create a 302 redirect if someone in Canada visits the google.com site and it automatically redirects them to the google.ca. Is a 302 the appropriate technical thing to do, or is there a better way?
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Hi Daniel,
Here's what Google has to say about this issue https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/182192?hl=en
Regards
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Hi Daniel,
I do not recommend doing this at all. However what I do recommend you do is make it very obvious that you have a website per country or region. Upper right hand corner is a good place to do this. People travel a lot these days and it is very annoying to be forced to see a website because of your location.
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